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Bring your people analytics, social science research and data mining/science skills to a unique team seeking to understand, and shape, the future of the digital workplace. We are interested in technology, of course, but we are also interested in the human mission of enabling the world's brightest and hardest working people to live where they want and work from anywhere. Most of our colleagues could move to a tech hub but they choose Canonical because of our mission and our approach to the workplace. We'd like to understand what really makes a distributed, remote-first workplace work . We think we're pretty good at this (being remote first for almost 20 years), but we know there is a lot still to understand, and the frontier of possibility continues to move outward. We'd like to invest in research, analytics and tooling which raises the bar even further for remote collaboration and organisation. If we are able to build tools that meaningfully improve our...

Bring your people analytics, social science research and data mining/science skills to a unique team seeking to understand, and shape, the future of the digital workplace. We are interested in technology, of course, but we are also interested in the human mission of enabling the world's brightest and hardest working people to live where they want and work from anywhere. Most of our colleagues could move to a tech hub but they choose Canonical because of our mission and our approach to the workplace. We'd like to understand what really makes a distributed, remote-first workplace work . We think we're pretty good at this (being remote first for almost 20 years), but we know there is a lot still to understand, and the frontier of possibility continues to move outward. We'd like to invest in research, analytics and tooling which raises the bar even further for remote collaboration and organisation. If we are able to build tools that meaningfully improve our...

With Ubuntu, Canonical created the first Linux for human beings. Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into intuitive products that can change the face of enterprise IT. We are looking for an exceptional senior user experience designer, who shares our passion. Our mission is to make enterprise-grade open source software, applications and services available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of engineers, enterprises, entrepreneurs and consumers every day. Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes. We value: Excellent academic results at school and university Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design...

Almost 20 years ago, with Ubuntu, Canonical created the first Linux for human beings. Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into intuitive products that can change the face of enterprise IT. We are looking for an exceptional senior user experience designer, who shares our passion and wants to bring Linux to millions of desktops. Our mission is to make enterprise-grade open source software, applications and services available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of engineers, enterprises, entrepreneurs and consumers every day. Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes. Location: Remotely in the EMEA region What your day will look like Work with the Ubuntu desktop user community to...

The role The Web and design team works as a multidisciplinary inclusive team with world-class user researchers, UX designers, visual designers and web engineers. We work collaboratively with many teams and roles across the organisation including product managers and other engineering teams.   Senior Web Engineer's help drive best practices across the team, for all disciplines, bringing great ideas to the table to lead technical conversations. They identify risks and communicate them to relevant stakeholders, asking the right questions to move a project forward. Within the team there are fantastic opportunities to gain deep technical knowledge of complex products in innovative and fast-growing areas of the tech world with space and support to hone your craft. We value transparency, intellectual honesty and teamwork. About Canonical Canonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu – the world’s #1...

We’re on the look out for a brilliant Social Media Marketing Specialist to join our team and take our communications to the next level. Our social media provides a window between the people who make our products and those who use them. With audiences in the millions, our online communities have the opportunity to talk to us, engage with us, provide feedback and be involved in the world of Ubuntu. From #opensource to coffee on K8s, launch previews to twitter storms over some cool release swag, our marketing team is committed to creating conversations with audiences all over planet earth. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life...

Summary This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company. Canonical's Store team develops and operates the backend services that power the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are built primarily in Python, within a bit of Golang. If you have a passion for clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping and believe that tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in. We have some exciting challenges ahead including continuing to scale our production architecture, expand the store backend to handle additional package types, and enhance our on-prem offering for IoT and Enterprise solutions. What you’ll do Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team....

Redefine the Linux experience in the embedded environments with the smallest, most secure, and updatable operating system in the IoT market. This is an opportunity for a senior software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, security, and the developer experience. This challenging role demands a high degree of technical skill with low-level operating systems, kernel, and device firmware. Our mission is to allow everyone to build robust solutions in various fields including but not limited to IoT, automotive, and aviation using the next generation secure embedded Linux operating system in a simple solution. We define a reliable and secure set of device recovery mechanisms that enable device manufacturers to simplify and standardise the field operations for fleets of heterogeneous appliances.  As a senior team member, you’ll be designing and implementing software that runs on various CPU architectures, such as ARM, RISC-V, and X86.  You will work on boot...

Telecommunications Field Engineer The role of a Telco Field Engineer at Canonical The telco industry is moving to software-defined services. This transformation is driven by open source software, cloud computing and the move to VNF / CNF approaches. Canonical Ubuntu is a key platform for telco innovation, and we are growing our team of specialists who work in the industry to accelerate the change. Canonical enables operators and communications service providers to embrace this new world, with a focus on platforms such as Ubuntu, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, and reusable, high quality automation for operations at scale. As part of the Canonical Field Engineering organization, you will lead customers through the design and delivery of OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined networking solutions. Your passion for open-source technologies will enable customers to understand and operate advanced infrastructure substrates to meet the demands of 5G and beyond....

This is a unique opportunity to demonstrate your experience and knowledge of hardware, Ubuntu and Open Source in general. Within this role you will be working with a dedicated set of enterprise customers that are adopting Ubuntu and Open Source on desktop. If you decide to join, you'll become a member of the team that provides exceptional technical support and engineering solutions to help customers with Ubuntu and rest of the Open Source. This is an opportunity for an open source technologist who enjoys solving problems under pressure. Apply your knowledge of Linux desktop, applications, authentication and security Demonstrate your knowledge of TCP/IP and wired & wireless networking on Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server Act as the technical authority and utilise your experience with popular open source software  Provide advice on deployed architecture, implementing solutions for complex problems Debug Ubuntu Desktop issues and contribute code to help fix them...

Open source is now the centre of technology innovation, and the new default for tech and traditional companies alike. Canonical Ubuntu is the fastest growing open source platform, with over 20 million users globally. Canonical provides commercial support, consulting and training services to customers and partners who are deploying Ubuntu. Our customers are technology innovators inside global enterprises using Ubuntu and open source to build the future in their industry. Our regional Technical Support Managers run world-class Technical Support teams – solving deep technical problems for customers around the world on Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop and on the public cloud. They demonstrate two key attributes: customer focus – ensuring that customers are always satisfied with the service they are receiving, and technical excellence – ensuring that the support team is always up to date with the our technology, and that they perform sound and quick troubleshooting. You'll need to be...

Canonicalのミッションは、何十億ものインターネット接続機器に高いセキュリティだけでなく､洗練されたオープンソースのテクノロジーをインダストリー､コンシューマー､エンタープライズの市場でサービスを提供するワールドクラスのお客様にご提供し､スマートコンピューティングを推進していく事です｡ Ubuntu Coreは、次世代のIoT機器向けの非常に信頼性の高いOSです｡Ubuntu Coreはスナップと呼ばれる安全なコンテナ化されたLinuxパッケージを利用してアプリの配信を行い､弊社はスナップ配信用のストアサービスを提供しています｡プログレッシブ・ロールアウトによるアプリの自動更新などの機能を用いて､UbuntuCoreは組み込みデバイスのための厳格なセキュリティー基盤を提供します｡ またCanonicalはUbuntu Coreを利用したデバイスの認証や､最低10年間のセキュリティーアップデート(保守)を提供しています｡ Ubuntu Coreは、インダストリー、防衛、エネルギー、メディア、小売、科学などの分野のグローバルリーダーに選ばれています。また、大手半導体企業、ODM企業、大企業、グローバルなシステムインテグレーターに支持されています。主な市場は、デジタルサイネージ、ロボット工学、エッジおよび産業用ゲートウェイ、自動車、製造、スマートビル、スマートシティ、輸送、エネルギーなどです。 IoT向け組み込みLinuxのセールスディレクターとして、この新しいIoTデバイス(Ubuntu Core)のイネーブルメント(ポーティングサービス)や、アプリストア等の販売を担当していただきます｡ご担当頂くテリトリー内の既存の戦略的に重要なお客様のさらなる関係の構築だけでなく､新規のお客様の開拓にも取り組んでいただきます。 また､IoT セールスディレクターは、産業オートメーションを中心としたさまざまなIoT 市場において、オープンソース、サービス、技術ソフトウェアソリューションを販売することも要求されます｡ Key responsibilities  主な業務内容 四半期､及び年ごとの販売ターゲットの達成 お客様に対する弊社サービスの説明 Ubuntu...

With Ubuntu, Canonical created the first Linux for human beings. Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into intuitive products that can change the face of enterprise IT. We are looking for an exceptional user experience designer, who shares our passion. Our mission is to make enterprise-grade open source software, applications and services available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of engineers, enterprises, entrepreneurs and consumers every day. Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes. We value: Excellent academic results at school and university Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design...

As a senior technical author, you’ll be part of an engineering team, focused on a specific Canonical product.  You will lead the team effort to create, maintain and improve documentation that serves the needs of the product's users, embracing the principles of the Diátaxis documentation framework . You will have a broad impact on - and responsibility for - the quality of the user experience with the product, and will contribute towards the long-term success of the project itself. As a senior technical author on the team, you will participate in development of product strategy. You will combine technical expertise with leadership in documentation, collaborating with colleagues across the company to establish documentation as a first-class engineering discipline. You will help define documentation excellence, in product, process and practice. You don't need to apply for this role as well as our Technical Author - Ubuntu and Canonical products post - please apply for just...

As a technical author, you’ll be part of an engineering team, focused on a specific Canonical product. You will lead the team effort to create, maintain and improve documentation that serves the needs of the product's users, embracing the principles of the Diátaxis documentation framework . You will have a broad impact on - and responsibility for - the quality of the user experience with the product, and will contribute towards the long-term success of the project itself. As the technical author on the team, you will collaborate with software developers, product managers, community members, other documentation authors, information architects, quality assurance engineers and technical support engineers to develop clear documentation for complex technical topics. You will have an important role in a company-wide effort to establish excellence in documentation , across all aspects of its practice. What you'll do Create, maintain and improve tutorials, how-to guides,...

Help us shape the future of open source IT, devops, and IS, from bare metal to containers. Our goal is to revolutionise open source application and infrastructure operations. We are on a mission to reshape the world of software operations, using Python and Golang for next-generation infrastructure-as-code and blazing a trail to model-driven operations. We want to enable companies to run very efficient bare metal operations for high performance computing, private cloud, data lakes and analytics. To achieve this we need to invent some new technology, and we need to build some new products. In support of that goal we hire software engineers who are passionate about quality, reliability and devops. This team is part of our fully managed infrastructure operations organisation. Canonical runs many private OpenStack clouds and Kubernetes clusters for customers around the world, which enables us to improve our infra-as-code products based on our own real experience, mirroring that...

We have created a role for a dedicated Global Head of Finance Services Industry (FSI) to lead go-to market strategy and be accountable for the global growth of Canonical in that sector. The successful candidate will drive our sales in the FSI vertical and inform our marketing, alliances, and product investments to support that effort. They will be responsible for go-to-market planning across for both indirect and direct sales, working closely with regional sales leaders as well as our alliance team covering IHVs, ISVs and GSIs. Candidates will be expected to have extensive experience working in financial services IT, either as a customer or as a vendor focused on the sector. Key responsibilities This role is about commercial leadership of Canonical's financial sector go-to-market and offerings: building alliances and relationships with global leaders in the  financial services and fintech ecosystems shaping our content and messaging strategy for banks, insurance and...

Large OEM or Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) brands - Dell, HPE, IBM, Lenovo, Ericsson, Cisco, Fujitsu and many more - are major partners for Canonical. These companies often build software-defined solutions which they take to market, and Ubuntu is a key ingredient in cloud-native and edge or IoT solutions. More and more of those solutions depend on open source. Canonical Ubuntu is the best platform for rapid open source innovation. The Global Lead OEM Alliances is responsible for IHV partner success - we want them to thrive and grow their business with Canonical software, solutions and services. This is a leadership role, responsible for strategic  IHV Alliances worldwide. Reporting to the VP Global Alliances, our IHV Alliance Sales Director will work closely with strategic partners across their complex organizations to engage with their innovation teams and ensure that they consider and integrate Ubuntu stacks and solutions. For example, private clouds, container solutions,...

We’re looking for an exceptional payroll administrator with experience of working with outsourced payroll bureaus (US, UK, EU and/or additional jurisdictions) to manage the company’s end to end global payroll and contractor payments. You’ll have domain expertise in processing payroll in different countries. You are reliable, diligent and pay attention to details and always work towards improving current processes. This role may choose to be office based out of London or home based, and will report to our Global Controller. Key responsibilities Ensure all payrolls are always delivered on time and with 100% accuracy Process the payroll/contractor data in an organised and structured manner Keep on track of all payroll deadlines and monthly payroll tasks Prepare payroll reports and provide monthly payroll data in journal format to finance for processing Comply with GDPR regulations and maintain payroll security/confidentiality Deal with payroll queries and resolve...

Canonical is looking for a graduate partner marketing manager who will be responsible for developing our strategic relationships with a set of global partners . Canonical partners with the leading companies in technology across public cloud (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle…), silicon (ARM, Intel, Qualcomm, Mediatek, Nvidia, Xilinx…), hardware vendors (Dell, HP, HPE, Lenovo). As our business increasingly depends on partners, the scope of our partnership grows every year (GSI, software vendors, IoT…). We are thus looking for an individual, who will not only drive successful marketing activities with our partners but also shape our partner programs. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get...